Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

View of the mnastery in 2016
Monastery information
Order	Orthodox
Established	1397
Diocese	Vologda
People
Founder(s)	Kirill of Beloozero
Site
Location	Kirillov, Vologda Oblast Russia
Coordinates	59°51′26″N 38°22′07″E / 59.85722°N 38.36861°E / 59.85722; 38.36861

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (Russian: Кирилло-Белозерский монастырь), known in English as White Lake St. Cyril's Monastery, is a Russian Orthodox monastery in Kirillov, Russia. It used to be the largest monastery and the strongest fortress in Northern Russia.

The monastery was consecrated to the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, for which cause it was sometimes referred to as the Dormition Monastery of St. Cyril.